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The Book of Psalms in English Metre

The Newest Version Fitted to the Common Tunes. By Charles Darby

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The Psalms of David.

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Psalm LXXXII.

1

Amidst the great and mighty ones,
The Lord himself doth stand:
For he is Judge among the gods,
And princes of the land.

2

How long will ye unjustly judge,
And favour men of might?
Defend the poor and fatherless,
And do the needy right.

3

They will not see nor understand,
But blindly still go on:
The strong foundations of the earth,
Are out of order gone.

4

I said indeed that ye were Gods,
And sons of the most high:
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But know ye are but mortal men,
And shall like others die.

5

Arise, O God, and judge the earth,
And save us all from wrong:
For all the nations of the world,
To thee alone belong.
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